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Sixteen individuals have been killed in a coal mine catastrophe in Panzhou, Guizhou province, on Sunday, in response to a submitting with the Shanghai Inventory Trade on Monday by the mine’s proprietor, Guizhou Panjiang Refined Coal Co.
In keeping with Shanghai-based commodities consultancy Mysteel, all coal mines in Panzhou metropolis have suspended manufacturing for at some point. The mining security authority in Guizhou instructed Reuters it has no data on the matter.
In keeping with Mysteel, the realm has a complete manufacturing capability of roughly 52.5 million metric tonnes per yr of primarily coking coal, or about 5% of China’s coking coal manufacturing capability.
In keeping with the alternate submitting, the state-owned enterprise, also referred to as Panjiang Coal, has ordered security inspections in any respect of its mines and has taken measures to make sure protected manufacturing.
The agency owns and runs seven coal mines with a mixed capability of about 17.3 million tonnes. In keeping with Mysteel, the mine the place the catastrophe occurred had an annual capability of three.1 million tonnes.
The disaster comes after a sequence of comparable occurrences within the nation’s coal mines, together with a February collapse at an open-pit mine within the Interior Mongolia space that killed 53 individuals.
Authorities have outlined steps to enhance sector security, together with limits on smaller miners and plans to extend using underground automation.